Elektra06 - European Electronics Industry Awards




Omron Building a business that is environmentally sustainable as well as commercially successful has been at the core of Omron’s vision, since we first introduced our Environmental Charter in 1994. This is why Omron started identifying and using alternatives to Lead and Cadmium in its products some ten years before the regulations came into force. Now, we are one of the few components manufacturers to offer Cadmium-free products that fully match the performance of non-compliant alternatives. Although the industry has been given an extended period to eliminate Cadmium, Omron customers are already assured that no further changes will be required to the components they buy in order to meet the current RoHS regulations. Omron is proud once again to sponsor the Environmental Award at the European Electronics Industry Awards, to celebrate the achievements of like-minded businesses in our industry.

Renesas Renesas Technology Corp. designs and manufactures highly integrated semiconductor system solutions for mobile, automotive and PC and Audio Visual markets. Established on April 1, 2003 as a joint venture between Hitachi, Ltd. and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Renesas Technology is one of the largest semiconductor companies in the world and the number one microcontroller supplier globally. Besides microcontrollers, Renesas Technology offers system-on-chip devices, Smart Card ICs, mixed-signal products, flash memories, SRAMs and more.

Sony Semiconductor and Electronic Solutions (SES) Sony's Semiconductor & Electronic Solutions Division, headquartered in Weybridge (UK), has a wide portfolio of products and solutions covering a variety of applications. The range of semiconductor devices includes poly-silicon TFT LCDs, wireless semiconductor solution for 2G, 2.5G and 3G applications, polymer cell batteries, and GPS positioning and camera modules for the latest generation of mobile handsets visual display systems. The extensive camera range offers solutions for machine vision and production automation as well as medical and scientific applications and digital imaging systems. Additional applications for the visual communications products range from the very latest in visual and corporate communications to broadcasting, videoconferencing, surveillance and traffic monitoring. Building on Sony's expertise in manufacturing SES also provides advanced manufacturing solutions for a variety of industries. The product portfolio includes SMT equipment, measuring systems for motion and quality control, factory automation equipment, data recorders as well as DUV laser and optical disc analysers.

Avago On December 1, 2005, the Semiconductor Products Group of Agilent Technologies with all its technologies, infrastructure and customers, became the fully independent company - Avago Technologies. Avago Technologies is now the world’s largest privately held semiconductor company, with 6,500 employees and net revenue of $1.8 billion in fiscal 2005. Avago provides an extensive range of analog, mixed-signal and optoelectronic components and subsystems to more than 40,000 customers worldwide. The company serves three primary product categories comprising of optoelectronics, RF/microwave components and enterprise ASICs, and is recognised for providing innovative, high-quality products along with strong customer service and the industry’s best on-time delivery. Avago’s heritage of technical innovation dates back 40 years to its Agilent/Hewlett-Packard roots. Information about Avago is available on the web at www.avagotech.com.

Toshiba Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) is the European Headquarters for the electronic components business of Toshiba Corporation, which is the world's third largest semiconductor vendor according to estimates by Dataquest. Toshiba Electronics Europe offers one of the industry's broadest IC and discrete product lines including memory, microcontrollers, ASICs and ASSPs for automotive, multimedia, consumer, telecoms and networking applications. The company also has a wide range of power semiconductor solutions as well as technologically advanced electron tubes and solid-state devices, including cathode ray tubes, liquid crystal displays, rechargeable batteries and optical transmission devices. Providing design, manufacturing, marketing and sales, TEE was formed in 1973 in Neuss, Germany. The company now has headquarters in Düsseldorf, Germany and subsidiaries in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Company president is Mr Toshio Hamaya and the total number of personnel in Europe is around 400. Toshiba Corporation is a leader in information and communications systems, electronic components, consumer products and power systems. The company's integration of these wide-ranging capabilities assures its position as an innovator in advanced components, products and systems. Toshiba has more than 176,000 employees worldwide and annual sales of over US$40 billion.

Electronica The world’s electronics industry will focus on the New Munich Trade Fair Centre Munich, Germany, for electronica 2006 from November 14th to 17th. The Fair will occupy a total of 152,000m² across 14 exhibition halls and more than 75000 visitors will get the opportunity to view the products and services of more than 3000 exhibitors. As the World’s leading Fair for the electronics industry, electronica is a truly international event. At electronica 2004, there was a sharp increase in both international exhibitors and visitors, accounting for some 44% on the side of visitors and 57 % for exhibitors. According to Klaus Dittrich, Managing Director of Messe Muenchen International, electronica 2006 looks set to continue this growth in international participation. The signs are very positive for this year’s Fair” says Dittrich. “We have already seen a rise in interest from overseas manufacturers and, as usual, we have space reserved by all of the industry’s major players. What has always set electronica apart from other Fairs is the scale and scope of the exhibits. electronica is the only electronics Fair to genuinely offer the visitor the very latest developments in every sector of the industry. At no other Fair, for example, can visitors see such a concentration of semiconductor manufacturers, power supply companies or displays manufacturers. One of the main attractions will be the exhibition areas devoted to the key application areas:electronica automotive, electronica wireless, electronica embedded and electronica MicroNanoWorld. electronica 2006 also offers a state-of-the-art conference program at the adjacent congress center: The Embedded Conference Munich , held on November 14 and 15, the Automotive Congress on 13 and 14 November 2006 and the Wireless Congress 2006 on November 15 and 16.

Gleichmann Electronics Gleichmann Electronics is a pan European distributor of technology driven components and systems with nine sales offices across Europe. The focus of the company is to provide a technical design in service for products in a system solution. Core competences include Microcontrollers, AsIC, gate array, USB, optoelectronics, total display solutions, custom battery and charger solutions. NEC Electronics represents a significant partnership. Gleichmann is number 1 for design in for NEC in Central Europe achieved by technical excellence from a large dedicated resource. The company strategy is complimented with the availability of several design centre facilities including AsIC, and full turnkey design, along with a state of the art programming centre. These services are provided by Gleichmann Electronics through its sister company MSC Vertriebs GmbH. Together they provide the most comprehensive and complete design service with particular strength in embedded products. Gleichmann is therefore delighted to sponsor the Embedded System Innovation of the Year award.

Amplicon For 33 years, Amplicon has been supplying, specifying, designing and building Professional Computing, Data Communications and Measurement & Control solutions for system integrators and manufacturers across a number of industries including avionics, military, transportation, utilities, factory automation, medical, security, environmental and process control. The company has a strong European representation through a wide network of distributors, and can advise on and supply the most suitable cutting-edge products for any application requirement for any size of business. As well as the supply and support of market leading components from external manufacturers, Amplicon manufactures its own industrial computing range under the brand names of Ventrix, Impact and Senses. In addition to this it also produces high quality data acquisition and data communications boards. The company owns an extensive purpose-built EMC and conformance laboratory, using the latest test equipment to ensure all products conform to relevant international standards. Being strongly committed to ISO standards and quality products, the company has been accredited to ISO9001:2000 since 2002. All Amplicon products fully conform to RoHS and WEEE Directives.

International Rectifier International Rectifier is a world leader in power management technology. IR’s digital, analog and mixed signal ICs, advanced circuit devices, integrated power systems and components enable high performance computing and reduce energy waste from motors, the world’s single largest consumer of electricity. Leading manufacturers of computers, energy efficient appliances, lighting, automobiles, satellites, aircraft and defense systems rely on IR’s power management benchmarks to power their next generation products. Some of IR’s flagship products include the iMOTION(TM) integrated design platform, XPhase(TN) DC/DC distributed power chipsets, DirectFET(R) Power MOSFETS, iPOWIR(TM) DC/DC building blocks, and an expanding family of low-voltage and high-voltage ICs. With headquarters in El Segundo, California, International Rectifier maintains operations in 20 countries throughout North America, Europe, Japan and Asia. International Rectifier’s stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol IRF. The company’s website is located at www.irf.com.

RS Components RS is proud to sponsor the “Product of the Year” Elektra Award. RS is an award-winning global industrial supplier offering customers’ unrivalled choice, support and reliability, underpinned by an unrelenting commitment to service. The electronic and electro-mechanical product range now includes over 200,000 products, with increasing emphasis on high-end products like microprocessors, development boards, displays and wireless modules. We also stock all the tools, test equipment, soldering hardware and ESD protection for the electronics laboratory and production line. RS has the simple objective of providing a part for every job, all supplied from a single source through a variety of purchasing channels and delivery methods, including free delivery as standard. We support customers of all sizes through research and development, pre-production to maintenance and repair. As those roles have diversified and became even more complex, RS has developed its offering and its abilities accordingly.

Avnet Memec Avnet Memec was established by integrating Memec and WBC operations to a highly specialized semiconductor distributor, operating on a pan-European basis and employing a huge number of engineers to support customer design efforts. The ratio between sales specialist and application specialists is 1:1, more than twice as many as the other Avnet semiconductor companies and more than 3 times the engineers to be found in traditional distributors. Avnet Memec specializes on highly innovative suppliers and technologies that can help customers to differentiate their designs. The areas of specialization reach from Analog and Microcontrollers to RF, Datacom and Networking. Avnet Memec operates as an independent subsidiary of Avnet Electronics Marketing EMEA and utilises the strengths of Avnet’s backbone organizations such as Avnet Supply Chain Solutions and Avnet Logistics to ensure the highest level of customer satisfaction. Avnet Memec operates from 30 offices in 17 European countries. The company represents major semiconductor franchises on a pan-European basis. Major supplier partners are NEC; Silicon Laboratories, Lattice, Marvell, Zarlink and many others.

Azzurri Technology Azzurri Technology Limited is a provider of specialist solutions to high technology OEMs, focused on a small number of franchised suppliers with the prime objective of assisting its customers with the design-in of complex semiconductors and provision of complete system level solutions. With corporate headquarters in the UK and sales offices, design centers and systems integration facilities throughout Europe, we are able to co-ordinate globally but act locally. Sharing functions across the whole group, we can promote consistency and efficiency but also ensure that our regional offices have the flexibility and control to support our local markets effectively. Azzurri Technology is one of the few remaining independent design-in distributors with great strength and depth in many of the market sectors. Our most recent partnership is with Cirrus Logic who offer a range of high-precision integrated circuits. Other high technology franchises represented include Actel, AMI, CSR, LSI Logic, Mindpseed, Power Integrations and Silicon Laboratories.

Analog Devices Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) defines innovation and excellence in signal processing. As a world-leading semiconductor company serving more than 60,000 customers, ADI designs and manufactures analog, mixed-signal, and digital signal processor (DSP) integrated circuits that play a fundamental role in converting real-world phenomena, such as temperature, motion, pressure, light and sound into electrical signals to be used in a wide array of electronic equipment. As the digital revolution continues, moving to higher speeds and multimedia, the technology created by ADI is ever more in demand. Increasingly, ADI is the company behind the most sought after features in virtually every type of electronic equipment. In today’s automobiles, digital still cameras, LCD and plasma televisions, cellular handsets, medical imaging devices, and factory automation equipment, ADI’s core analog and DSP technologies are quite literally everywhere. Celebrating more than 40 years as a leading global manufacturer of high-performance ICs, ADI is headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, in the US and employs approximately 8,900 people worldwide. The company has manufacturing facilities in Massachusetts, California, North Carolina, Ireland, and the Philippines. At Analog Devices, Europe accounts for approximately one fifth of the company's worldwide revenue and worldwide work force. The company has seven design centres in: Aalborg, Denmark; Kent and Newbury, England; Edinburgh, Scotland; Cork, Dublin and Limerick, Ireland. Its largest manufacturing facility is located in Limerick, Ireland. Sales and marketing offices are located throughout Europe.

Hamilton Parker International Whether you are a multi-national market leader or a fast-track start up, hiring the right team is essential to your business success. So, it is critical that your recruitment partner knows your market inside-out. With 12 years of success in the electronics sector behind us, Hamilton Parker International understands your challenges and provides the market knowledge, recruitment expertise and professionalism to ensure perfect candidate fit, first time. From senior executive searches to the recruitment of complete teams, we offer in-depth understanding from consultants with industry experience. Solutions are creative and effective, based on intelligent research, careful listening and the open exchange of ideas. We work with some of the industry’s most respected and technically advanced organisations, businesses with which we have built long term partnerships based on understanding of needs, communication and trust . Candidates also appreciate the first-class, professional consultative service we provide.

Reed Electronics Group The Reed Electronics Group is the electronics industry's largest information provider, committed to meeting the industry's knowledge needs at every point in the product development process and in every geographic region of the world. For more than 45 years, the group has delivered the specific, timely, need-to-know information that serves as the industry's lifeblood. The worldwide Reed Electronics Group portfolio includes trade publications, journals, newsletters, websites, email newsletters, directories, research, training, webcasts, database services, trade shows and conferences.